551 cases, $90.
This 11 acre vineyard is one of the seven vineyards of the Evensted Estate
and is named after owner Evenstad’s son and was planted in 1993 on red Jory
soils. The clones are Pommard and Wädenswil. Note: I had the 2000 vintage of
this wine 4 months ago and it was everything you hoped to find in a Pinot Noir. This may have been an
off bottle.
·Aged 18 months in French
oak barrels of which 85% were new. The nose takes some coaxing, but with
time lovely red and dark stone fruits and spice emerge. The flavors really never
deliver and the short finish is tight and acidic. I drank this with another Pinot
enthusiast over dinner for a couple of hours and we both agreed it was decent,
but nothing to go “ga-ga” over. Hard to justify $90 based on this bottle. Reviewed February 12, 2007